Improvement in sash-holder



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Lette/rs Patent No. 84,504, dated December l, 1868.-

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HOLDER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent:` and making of thesame.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be itknown that I, J 01amY OBREITER., of Lancaster, in the county ofLancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improvedWindow-Sash Support and Lock and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact A'description of the construction and operationthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification, in Which- Figure lshows a portion of awindow-frame and sash, with my device in place.

Figure 2 shows the lever drop-latch and its bearing combined, andseparated from the casing.

The bearingfplateA, iig. 3, has a right-angled base, l

with a double or slotted top, a, a', bent so as to form a recess, c, forthe reception ofthe trunnions or fulcrum d d of the armed .drop-latch B.This drop-latch Bl swings forwardV in the open slot b in thebearing-plate and bearings c, so that the elbowed arm or lever j' comesin front ofthe plate, and projects to one side, as shown by fig. 2. Bothparts are clearly shown by fig. 3.

Fig. `l shows one of the combined devices inserted into the' casing foreach sash. Both upper and lower sashes, 1, 2, are down, showing thedrop' B projecting. The upper end of the catch e is bid,tl1e upper lipcurved, so as to yield in raising the sash, and then fall forward, whilethe lower lip holds and prevents the sash from coming down, withoutrstrelieving the lip by turning .the lever-arm'j, but does not prevent thesash from being raised, from slot to slot, o'r v,from notch to notch,upwards, until raised to the top.

square slots; the other, ratchet-like teeth; The former is preferred.This plate G is let flush into the sash on the side of the drop-latch.The operation is so that the head of the swinging drop-lever lB falls inthe slot with the lower lip,'and against the same by the upper lip, c.

The lever f extends through beneath the guide or slidestrips 3 or 4, andis operated from the inside.

The upper sash, 2, when down, as shown, behind the lower sash, -I, doesnot lock while down, as the lower sash does..

To raise the lower sash, 1,'tl1e lever f must first release the headofthe drop-bolt B from the upper open slot g, into which it falls fully,and holding it firmly locked. The upper sashlo'cks `in like manner, whenpushed up into place. In short, it answers -all the requisite purposesof a` sash-supporter and lock in a superior manner, readily applied,cheap, strong, and not liable to get outof repair.

Backs and slotted bars are not new for such purposes; as also variouskinds of bolts and contrivances are in use-and patented forsash-supports; but I am -not aware of any device. that is substantiallyconstructed in thefmanner shown, nor one that can be so well adapted forsupporting the sash in railroad-cars, or for heavy windows, and one thatcan more easily be operated, will support or lockmore securely, or be asdurable and as cheap. g

' JOHN OBREITER.

Witnesses WM. B. WILEY, JACOB STAUFFER.

Fig.,4 shows two plates, Gr G. Thel one has open,

'What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure I

